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Saturday, 4 February 2012

Free For Two

A stark and edgy new police thriller from the creator of the Barney Thomson
series.A psychopath walks the streets of Glasgow, selecting his first
victim. He sees his ex-girlfriend everywhere, and he will have her
back.

When a woman is savagely murdered, her body stabbed over a hundred
times, the police know from the nature of the crime that the killer will strike
again. DCI Bloonsbury, the once-feted detective, is put in charge of the
investigation, but as the killer begins to hit much closer to home and an old
police conspiracy starts to unravel, Bloonsbury slides further into morose
alcoholic depression.

In the middle of it all is Detective Sergeant
Thomas Hutton, juggling divorce, deception, alcohol, murdered colleagues, and
Dylan. He could use a break but the dead will not rest and the past will not be
buried until he can catch the latest serial killer to haunt the streets of his
city.

Praise for Douglas Lindsay:

"The plot, Russian
literature fans, is a modern spin on Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. The
bloody ending, movie buffs, is pure Reservoir Dogs." – The
Mirror

"A flawless follow-up to an
impressive debut, this is extremely well-written, highly amusing and completely
unpredictable in its outrageous plot twists and turns."– The
List

"Lindsay’s burlesque thrills offer no sex, no drugs, no desperation
to be cool. Just straightforward adult story; fantastic plot, classic timing and
gleeful delight in the grotesque. With more talent than Irvine Welsh could dream
of, Lindsay has crafted a macabre masterpiece where content lives up to style."
– What’s On

About the author:

Douglas Lindsay is the
author of the Barney Thomson crime series, which begins with THE LONG MIDNIGHT
OF BARNEY THOMSON, and is currently seven novels and a novella (THE END OF DAYS)
strong. He is also the author of LOST IN JAUREZ. THE UNBURIED DEAD is his most
recent novel. Douglas lives in Somerset.

Deputy Billy Lafitte is not unfamiliar with the law—he just prefers to enforce
it, rather than abide by it. But his rule-bending and bribe-taking have gotten
him kicked off the force in Gulfport, Mississippi, and he’s been given a second
chance—in the desolate, Siberian wastelands of rural Minnesota. Now Billy’s only
got the local girls and local booze to keep him company.

Until one of the
local girls—cute little Drew, bassist for a psychobilly band—asks Billy for help
with her boyfriend. Something about the drugs Ian’s been selling, some product
he may have lost, and the men who are threatening him because of it. Billy
agrees to look into it, and before long he’s speeding down a snowy road,
tracking a cell of terrorists, with a severed head in his truck’s cab. And
that’s only the start.

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About Me

I'm a Scottish writer. My debut novel, TWO-WAY SPLIT, was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger award and went on to win the Theakston's Crime Novel Of The Year. I'm the author of four other novels: KISS HER GOODBYE (nominated for an Edgar), HARD MAN, SAVAGE NIGHT and SLAMMER and three novellas: KILL CLOCK , KILLING MUM and BYE BYE BABY, a Top Ten Kindle Bestseller. I'm also a co-founder (with Kyle "Smudge" MacRae) of digital publishing company, Blasted Heath, and a literary agent with Jenny Brown Associates.